Green Tea Polyphenols for the Protection against Renal Damage Caused by Oxidative Stress

Table 3

Effect of (−)-epicatechin 3-O-gallate on the oxidative damage of renal mitochondria.

Group	GSH	TBA-reactive substance
	(nmol/mg protein)	(nmol/mg protein)
Sham operation	4.42 ± 0.09	0.121 ± 0.001
LPS plus ischemia-reperfusion
Control	2.75 ± 0.14^a	0.165 ± 0.007^a
(−)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate (10 μmoles/kg B.W./day)	3.72 ± 0.18^a,b	0.147 ± 0.003^a,b
(−)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate (20 μmoles/kg B.W./day)	3.77 ± 0.21^a,b	0.144 ± 0.007^a,b

Significance: ^a𝑃<0.001 versus sham operation values; ^b𝑃<0.001 versus LPS plus ischemia-reperfused control values.